Michael Bowden v. Jimmy Banks, Warden, Varner Unit, ADC

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 14-3844
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Michael Bowden
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
Jimmy Banks, Warden, Varner Unit, ADC; Joe Page, III, Deputy Warden, Varner
Unit, ADC; Shirley Hudson, CO, Varner Unit, ADC; G. Williams, CO, Varner
Unit, ADC; K. Bolden, Major, Varner Unit, ADC
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
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Submitted: June 15, 2015
Filed: June 23, 2015
[Unpublished]
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Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Michael Bowden appeals following entry of judgment against him in his pro
se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, in which he claimed that defendants failed to protect him

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from an assault by other inmates. Upon careful de novo review, we conclude that, for
the reasons explained by the district court, the court not err in (1) dismissing three1
defendants without prejudice based on Bowden’s failure to exhaust his administrative
remedies, see 42 U.S.C. § 1997(e); King v. Iowa Dep’t of Corr., 598 F.3d 1051,
10532 (8th Cir. 2010) (standard of review); and (2) granting summary judgment for
the remaining two defendants, see Whitson v. Stone Cnty. Jail, 602 F.3d 920, 923
(8th Cir. 2010) (standard of review and elements of failure-to-protect case).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the1
Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the
Honorable Joe J. Volpe, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of
Arkansas.
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